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“My message is regarding the Belmont Stakes I wish to quote Tom Hanks in a ‘League of Their Own,’ ‘There is no crying in baseball.’ And I wish to add to the owners of California Chrome, there is no crying in horse racing.”

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-- Arlene, a devoted horse racing fan

“Sue, first, it’s nobody business whether Brooks served in the Army or not. Second, you don’t know whether I voted for Obama or not and if I did that’s my business. You see, because he’s in there and there’s nothing we can do about it except sit back and wait until he comes out and his time is up. We will discuss this over and over again,. As far as the VA stuff, everybody wants to blame Obama, but the VA has been like that for years with the people that’s in the service. This just didn’t happen, it’s been like that for many years. My father’s dead and gone ... but guess what? ... it was like that back when my father was living and he’s been gone for many years. So it’s not Obama’s fought about the VA. So do a little investigating.”

-- Marjorie

“I enjoyed comments by Brooks and he is like out spiritual leader. I do agree with him about Gov. Corbett ... I do believe that Tom Corbett is balancing the budget but I do disagree that schools cannot be saved from failing by throwing a lot of money at them. Just throwing money at failed schools will not solve that problem. I disagree with Brooks on that.”

-- Bob of West Chester

“For John de Carville and the rest of his followers ... please keep your Letters to the Editor coming as the more you write the more you show your nonpatriotism. Thank you for showing me the way of not following in the footsteps of Jesus.”

-- Joyce of West Caln

“In direct violation of the law, a law that Obama signed mere months ago, Barack Obama negotiated for the release of a deserter who may have actively collaborated with our enemies. He did it without consulting Congress as required by the law and in exchange released five dangerous despicable Taliban militants. A bipartisan majority in the House passed the law act of 2014, a simple measure that would require Obama to actually obey and enforce the law but the Senate will not give the law a fair up or down vote. It’s time for patriotic Americans to literally rise up and send Barack Obama a clear message ... you are not our king, you are not our dictator, you are not above the law and we refuse to allow you to make the law as you go.”

-- Tex of West Chester

“I see that Rachel is at is again. The same old story ... always talking about impeachment. Why didn’t she preach impeachment for Bush who put us in a war that we didn’t have to be in in Iraq all because of a lie that he knew about? He also lied. Why don’t you think or mention anything about that? Why always be about Obama, Obama Obama? You don’t realize that the unemployment rate is back down to what it was in 2008 when Bush was in power. I read in the paper they had 217,000 jobs that were eliminated that month. Why don’t you talk about that? Why don’t you talks about the good things? Why don’t you talk about ending the war in Iraq that Bush us in because of a lie? He should have been impeached.”

-- Brooks of Westtown

“I agree with Maryanne about paying money for cable TV that shows the same programs over and over. The cable bill keeps going up. I wish that someone would come up with something that would be cheaper than cable TV. We’re tired of paying that much for the same thing. If something comes up, I hope it’s not that much. Cable TV is too expensive and getting worse.”

-- Becky of Morgantown

“Bob, the reason why food in the United States is unsafe to eat is because the Food and Drug Administration sold themselves to the drug companies in about 19 years ago. The sicker people get the more their drugs are sold. We bought a bag of well-known brand of English walnuts recently and now they contain the carcinogens BHT to preserve freshness. Return all items containing BHT and BHA. Call the toll free numbers on packages and write letters. Does anyone know of any brand of regular and sugarless chewing gum that doesn’t contain BHT or BHA? Cooking and baking from scratch helps avoid additives. Don’t use box cakes as they are full of preservatives. Buy certified organic food.”